This blog is our space to write about our thoughts, views and notes about our travels. Osho owned 90 Rolls Royces while being a Sanyasi …. The so-felt contradiction is very fascinating and hence the name !
I have a dream that I wake up every morning to the sound of birds chirping, especially the sparrow because the Earth is green again, the water is recycled, it’s heated by a solar panel and I don’t pay the government anything for electricity. I have a dream that as I switch on the television, … Read more
He is Hareesh’s favourite violinist and Krishnan and I had attended his concert live with Hareesh some 20 years back … In the intervening 20 years, Hareesh is married and his son will be in college soon.. We both don’t live in Chennai any longer and while parts of the city remain the same, it’s … Read more
Every time there is a terrorist attack, only one image comes to my mind – a 10 year old girl blowing herself up in a crowded market place. Boko Haram had convinced her to become a human bomb and she blew herself up in a crowded market place killing hundreds .. I can’t convince my … Read more
The man who the world calls as a plunderer and a savage killer gave notice before attacking !! And he was no plunderer or savage killer either … Our trip to Mongolia brought the right perspective on Chinggis Khan. Please read this book titled “Chinggis Khan, The making of the modern world” by John Weatherford. … Read more
This book’s title is misleading. It’s not about violently establishing Hinduism or taking up arms to defend it. Vamsee Juluri is a professor and brings data through his research rather than just his opinions to argue his case. This is a difficult book to read.. It’s almost like sitting in a lecture with Google on … Read more
Today is the day, five years back when the world was placed under our fingertips in the real sense of the statement …. Because 5 years back on this day Steve Jobs launched the iPad. Of all the Apple products I think the iPad is the most significant one because it has completely changed the … Read more
Last year when we were in Brazil for our MBA classes, my classmate read the news about a five year old girl’s rape … By a neighbour who pushed a candle up her vagina. The child died and I don’t know what happened to the rapist. Yesterday a colleague of mine told me of a … Read more
This is one of Swami Vivekananda’s quotes that’s so easy not to follow 🙂 because he says it’s better to wear slippers than carpet the whole Earth !! It goes completely against what we like to do – change others while we want to remain unchanged. 🙂 As we litter the streets or throw out … Read more
A few weeks back I happened to see the program “Airtel Super Singer” that’s aired on Vijay TV. There are two versions of it – for the above 18 folk and then a junior version where any child who can sing can participate. The prize is always a flat in Temple Greens from Arun Excello … Read more